Pink Aquariums
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jan 16, 2020
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So I have a 5.5 gallon tank with a bubbler, heater, filter, and gravel and decorations. I've added bacteria in a bottle stuff as the directions told me to and have put some flakes in the tank. It's been running for a week and has been getting slowly more and more cloudy. It's been cloudy for several days. Temp is 78 farenheit.
I tested the water for the first time today and got these results:
Amonia 1ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
PH 7.5
Nitrate 15ppm
I plan to put a betta in so these are almost what I want. I know I need to wait longer and continue to check the water to make sure its stable, but other than that I have no clue what to do.
Should I keep adding fish flakes? How do I get the water to not be so cloudy? Is the tank almost done cycling? Do I just leave it and let it sort itself out?
Explain it like I'm stupid. I've never had an aquarium before.
I tested the water for the first time today and got these results:
Amonia 1ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
PH 7.5
Nitrate 15ppm
I plan to put a betta in so these are almost what I want. I know I need to wait longer and continue to check the water to make sure its stable, but other than that I have no clue what to do.
Should I keep adding fish flakes? How do I get the water to not be so cloudy? Is the tank almost done cycling? Do I just leave it and let it sort itself out?
Explain it like I'm stupid. I've never had an aquarium before.